Filing cabinet



A. R. BULLOCK.

FILING CABINET.

' APPLICATION men :uurzs. 1921.

Pabented May 9,1922.

M u B R A UNIT AMBROSE ROY BULLOCK, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FILING CABINET.

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Application filed July 25,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMnnos'n R. BULLOCK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Filing Cabinets, of whichthe following is a specification.

The subject of'this invention is a filing cabinet and the inventionrelates more particularly to a cabinet in which phonograph records maybe filed, though capable of use for other desired purposes.

In filing the ordinary disk records, it is desirable to keep them in aflat position rather than standing on edge; to have the records occupyas little space as possible; and to have each record easily accessibleso that any desired record may be secured with little effort.

These objects I secure by providing a series of suitable shelves whichmay be swung to such a position that an edge of each shelf projectsbeyond the corresponding edge of the shelf immediately above it and sopermits easy access to the records as well as allowing a label on theedge of the shelf to be easily seen so that the subject of the recordcontained on any shelf may be quickly ascertained. I further providemeans for retaining the shelves in such swung position when desired.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention resides inthe novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatchanges in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed maybe made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from thespirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a new in side elevation, partsbroken away, of a cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a perspective showing the shelves in swung or extendedposition, parts being broken away; and

Figure 3 is a plan view of a shelf.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference Any desired form ofeasing or cabinet 1 may be employed in which the structure isSpecification of Letters Patent. Patgnted M 9 1922 1921. Serial No.487,289.

to be housed-or hung. The sides of the casing, near the top thereof, areprovided wlth sockets or recesses 2 for the reception of the ends ofrods 3, from which rods are hung for swinging movement the arms 4. Thearms 4 are formed with alining apertures 5, spaced apart longitudinallythereof and designed for the reception of the ends of wlres 6, which aresecured to or passed. through the shelves 7 The shelves 7 are preferablymade of paper or fiber board and the wires are passed through betweenthe plies of the paper or board and the projectlng ends of the wires areinserted in the apertures 5. Spacing rods 8 are positioned between eachpair of arms 4, at their lower ends, and the reduced ends of these rodsare threaded for the reception of nuts 9 by which the arms are held forspreading.

For the purpose of swinging the shelves to extended position, a handgrip, herein shown as a loop 10, is provided and fas tened to aconvenient portion of the structure such as the forward spacing bar 8.

Means is also provided for retaining the shelves in extended position,the specific structure for such purpose as shown herein consists of alever 11 which is preferably carried by the forward spacing bar 8, onwhich it is free to rock, and the rear end of which is of sufficientweight to overbalanoe the forward end so that the rear end will alwaysremain in contact with the floor or bottom of the cabinet, due to theforce of gravity. To the floor of the cabinet'is secured a stop block orcatch 12 against which the rear end of the lever is adapted to abut whenthe shelves are in extended position and thus prevent the shelves fromassuming normal position until the lever is freed from the catch bydepression of the front end of the lever.

What I claim is 1. A filing cabinet, including a casing, rods secured inthe casing, arms suspended from the rods and free to swing thereon, saidarms arranged in pairs and provided with al'ining apertures spaced apartlongi tudinally thereof, shelves positioned between the arms, wiressecured to'the shelves and having their ends supported in the apertures,spacing rods secured to the lower ends are swung to extended position toretain the shelves in such position.

3. A filing cabinet, including a casing, rods secured in the casing,arms suspended from the rods and free to swing thereon, shelvessupported between the arms, a lever connected to the arms and a catchadapted to engage the rear end of the lever when the arms are swung toextended position to retain the arms in such position.

AMBROSE noY, BULLOCK.

